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Knights of Columbus - Council 12942St. Brendan Catholic Community - Cumming, GA

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Volume 11, Issue 11 November 2018

Meeting Times LocationsSt Brendan Knights of Columbus

Council #129424633 Shiloh Road

Cumming, GA 30040http://www.kofc12942.org

Council meetings are the second Monday of eachmonth

November 12th meeting will start at 7:30 PM, withlight refreshments served before the meeting from6:30 PM to 7:15 PM.

The last Friday of the month (November 30) is amember and guest social meeting starting 6:30 PM.

Table of Contents ....................................Page

Highlights from the Council Meeting........................... 1

Your Officers and Committee Chairs .......................... 2

St. Joseph Food Pantry Information ........................... 2

Grand Knight Corner..................................................... 3

Knights in Action................................................... 4, 5, 6

Golf Outings................................................................... 7

Birthdays ........................................................................ 7

Message from our Field Agent..................................... 8

Faith Formation Information ................................ 9, 10

Advent Parish Mission ………………………………… 11

Polish Dinner…….…… ………………………………… 12

Social ........................................................................... 13

Respect for Life …………………………………….. 14, 15

November Calendar................................................…..16

December Calendar .................................................. ..17

“Humbly Serving Others”

Highlights from Council MeetingGrand Knight, James Borzak opened the October 8meeting with the Lord’s Prayer; Veteran AlanFralick lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

“Knight of the Month” honors for Fralick and WierzbinskiFor August 2018, he congratulated Alan Fralick was recog-nized for July and Bruce Wierzbinski, October.

October Food FestOctober Food Fest, Sunday, October 14, 2018 - event lead-ers were Quentin Skinner and John Boehm

Cumming Fair VolunteersJerry Frasso reviewed the plan for the October 10th Cum-ming Fair parking event Eight Knights signed up to volun-teer.

Polish Dinner Benefits Forsyth County Special OlympicsAll Knights are requested to collect at least one item forthe Raffle and/or Silent Auction or get one business orfriend to make a charitable gift of money to be donated inaddition to the Knights donation to Forsyth County SpecialOlympics.

Keep Christ in ChristmasJP Kidwell reported enhancements to this year’s KeepChrist in Christmas Poster Contest including increased par-ticipation in the schools and engaging teachers and localartists. The Council will vote at the next meeting to ap-prove funding

“Coats for Kids”J.P. Kidwell announced that Ekpen Owie has volunteeredto lead the “Coats for Kids” program. He will coordinatethis program with another ministry, Good Samaritan, whohas an established coat drive currently.

“Mass for Special Needs People”Mark Zimmerman has volunteered to lead our new pro-gram “Mass for Special Needs People”.

Parking Coordinator NamedPhil Capehart has volunteered to assume the role of Park-ing Coordinator. This role is key to organizing parking forChristmas and Easter. Thank you, Phil!

Your Officers and Committee Chairs2018- 2019 Fraternal Year

Officers

Chaplain Fr. Matthew Van SmoorenburgSupreme Knight Carl A. AndersonDistrict Deputy John FriedlineState Deputy Mark CorriganGrand Knight James BorzakDeputy Grand Knight J.P. KidwellChancellor David CravensWarden John BoehmFinancial Secretary Christian NelsonRecorder Jerry FrassoTreasurer Steve HerzogAdvocate Chris BurgettInside Guard Nilton SantosOutside Guard Mike UnderwoodThree-Year Trustee Alan FralickTwo-Year Trustee Richard FlaigOne-Year Trustee Rick SullivanLecturer Joseph Simone

Committee Chairs

Program Director J.P. KidwellCommunity Director Vin O’ReillyFaith Director Dick FlaigFamily Director David DeLuciaLife Director Anthony AttasanioRecruitment Director Dave CravensRetention Director Jerry FrassoHealth Services Doug HoffmanNewsletter Ron RomanielloUKNIGHTS (Web) Geary BeaulieuVocations Chairman Rick Sullivan

Member Benefits

Fraternal Benefits Advisor Stephen Znoj

Insurance Promotion James Borzak

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Stephen Znoj—Our Council’s Field Agent—Contact Information

St. Joseph Food Pantry Information

St. Joseph Food PantrySt. Brendan’s Catholic CommunityOffice: 770 205 7969

Hours for registration and food distribution:Wednesday – 4:30 to 6:30 PM

Registration applications: Available in theChurch Narthex

For additional information contact:[email protected] Gordon – [email protected]

From the Editor - Ron Romaniello

Remember and Pray ….for those killed and injured in the attack at theTree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Remember and Pray ….for those whose homes and lives in Florida andGeorgia were devastated by Hurricane Michael.

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Grand Knight Corner

James Borzak

Grand Knight

Brothers,

October was a busy month with the International food festival, Coats for Kids, recruiting weekend andknights social. Thank you for helping with these events. Our volunteers are the only way we can help sup-port our parish of St. Brendan’s.

November will be another busy month. Please volunteer and help where you can. We will not have aFirst-Degree Exemplification at our monthly business meeting on November 12. Therefore, we will meetin our normal facility.

Collections and Honor Guard Needed Sunday, November 11Because our business meeting is after the November 11 Veterans Day ceremony we again need yourhelp. It is our custom to provide an honor guard at all our masses including 5pm Saturday November 10.On Sunday November 11 we need an honor guard at 7:30, 9:00, 10:40 and 12:20 and 5pm. Additionallywe will need Knights to collect donations after each mass. Please inform Steve Herzog of your availabilityfor honor guard or collections, [email protected].

Polish Dinner Ticket SalesNovember 10 is also our annual Polish Dinner. Tickets to attend will be sold Saturday and Sunday Octo-ber 27-28 and November 3-4. Volunteers needed for ticket sales. Volunteers will also be needed Novem-ber 10 for servers and other items. Please contact [email protected] or Jerry Frasso [email protected].

Breakfast with Santa—VolunteersDecember 2 is breakfast with Santa. Volunteers will be needed for cooking, set-up, serving and clean up.Please contact [email protected] or [email protected].

RecruitmentA reminder that all Knights should be trying to recruit new members on a regular basis. Recruiting is vitalto support the programs which we are actively involved. Your help in recruiting a fellow parishioner, orfamily member also allows you to be actively involved in vetting our candidates as a good fit into theKnights of Columbus and mentoring him into our council. We have a long way to go to meet our goals innew members.

Wishing all the best for our Knights and their family for this Thanksgiving.


Knights in Action

Bruce Wierzbinski - October

Knight of the Month

Alan Fralick– July

Ground breaking color guard

14 Fourth Degree Knights form anHonor Guard for the Archbishop andthe ground breaking ceremony

Mass Cards

On occasion when one of our Brother Knights or his spouse has passed on, our Council would like to send a Masscard in remembrance. In order to do this, I need the following information.

Name of deceased Knight or deceased spouseYour Name, Address, Phone number, E-mail address

Please E-mail this information to Tom Carriere, E-mail: [email protected]

Card will be mailed out in 2 or 3 days.

Thank you and God Bless.

Tom Carriere

When you walk into the narthex, you may noticea few things missing, but no fear! We have nothad a burglary! We are beginning to remove val-ued items from the narthex in preparation forconstruction.

The Knights Tinkers Crew is carefully removingour original Giving Tree. When Phase 1 is com-plete, the Giving Tree will be expanded upon torecognize those families who have achieved vari-ous giving levels to the Build A Bigger Boat Cam-paign.


Knights in Action

Tinker Crew

Newest Knight -Rajesh Mendonca & Family


Knights in Action

Coats for Kids

Blessing of the Pets - October 5, 2018

In October, the Knights:

Provided 96 New LightWeight Children's Coatsfor Girls & Boys

One Knight was at eachof the eight Masses dis-playing coats on theracks and answeringquestions

2 Knights secured thecoat racks at St. Joseph Food Pantry after the two SundayMasses at 5:00pm

Knights assisted in the distribution of the coats on

The Blessing Of The Pets at St. Brendan’s with Cele-brant Rev. Fr. Matthew VanSmoorenburg

"The animals of Gods creation inhabit the skies, theearth, and the sea. They share in the ways of humanbeings. They have a part of our lives. Remembering St.Francis of Assisi’s love for these companions of ours,we invoke God’s blessing on these animals, and wethank God for letting us share the earth with them.”

Cheryl, JP Kidwell,Rev. Fr. Matthew VanSmoorenburg L.C.,

Chocolate Lab Marley

Ekpen Owie, JP Kidwell, James Borzak


If I have missed anyone, please e-mail birthday information to: [email protected]

Happy Birthday to all!!

Golf Outings

FOLTZ, RONALD J 2-Nov MATUZA, CHARLES R 16-Nov

MALLON, DENNIS P 4-Nov GONZALEZ, JONATAN 22-Nov

JANIK, FRANK V 6-Nov ZIMMERMAN, MARK E 22-Nov

HRICZO, JOHN 8-Nov CASSANDRA, MARK S 23-Nov

LALIBERTE, JOHN P 9-Nov SENECAL JR, ARTHUR C 23-Nov

RAISH, TRAVIS W 9-Nov BASWELL, CHRISTOPHER B 26-Nov

WATERMAN, MARK D 10-Nov MONAHAN, WILLIAM J 26-Nov

NGUYEN, APOLLO M 13-Nov FLORES, JOSE L 29-Nov

BEDORE, ROBERT L 14-Nov PRESUTTI, FATHER ROBERT 29-Nov

DRISCOLL, PATRICK T 15-Nov PADULA, FRANCIS P 30-Nov

Our final 2018 golf outing of 2018 was Tuesday October 30 at Crooked Creek Golfclub in Alpharetta. It is a newly re-opened course that we have not played for thelast several years. Thanks to Rick Paganelli for arranging access to this greatcourse.

Note: Golf will resume in the Spring - March or April - depending on the weather.Watch the Newsletter and Website for 2019 information.


Message from our Field Agent—Stephen J. Znoj


Faith Formation Information

Men’s Prayer Group – Fridays(7:00-8:00 AM Faith Formation Center Sun Room)

This group provides a forum for men of the parish to gather together to share their faith and discuss

their thoughts about daily life as Catholics. Learn to integrate faith and life while meeting with others

for great fellowship and prayerful reflection.

Contact: Chuck Mayville - [email protected]

Contact Don at [email protected] or at 214-563-0634 for more information on all of our offerings.

Adoration and Intercessions VigilDec. 15th & Every 3rd Friday of the Month 8:00pm – 9:30pm8:00 pm: Holy Rosary 8:30 pm Praise and Worship9:00 pm: Talk by Fr. Paul 9:30 pm BenedictionLocation—In the ChurchOrganized by Anointing Fire Catholic Ministry

Men’s Nights / Mini-RetreatsProvided by Regnum Christi

Mini- retreats- Last Tuesday of the month in the months of October to June

Rosary and confessions start at 6:40 PM

Mass and Meditation 7:00 PM

Followed by dinner and second talk/discussion

Awaken the “Hero Inside Men”DIG starts with a great meal followed by an engaging and entertaining video presentation. Join thediscussion on important issues that influence your daily lives. Get control of the Culture (in yourhome and beyond).

Try it…you will like it…. Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Kick off event Sept.11- and 2nd Tuesdays 6:30-9:00 pm in the Social Hall

Contact: Dick Flaig [email protected]

Contact: Chuck Mayville - [email protected]

That Man Is YOU!“That Man is You” honestly addresses the pressures and temptations that men face in our modernculture, especially those relating to their roles as husbands and fathers. The program harmonizescurrent social and medical science with the teachings of the Church and the wisdom of the saints todevelop the vision of man fully alive. Who is ready for a transformation? Come to as many of the26 sessions as you can!

Big breakfast & and Kickoff Sept. 8- Saturdays 7:30-9:00 AMFaith Formation Center

Contact: Don Conklin [email protected]


St. Brendan's Respect Life MinistryMeetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month in the Social Hall from 7:30pm to 8:30pm

St. Brendan's Respect Life Ministry works to create, promote and sustain a culture of LIFE at ourparish and in the community at large following the guidelines of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. Mem-bers sponsor, conduct and participate in pro-life activities, which can include educational programs,support to pregnancy counseling groups, and grassroots civic actions such as prayer vigils.

Contact Elizabeth Garcia with any questions at 404-304-2432

Faith Formation Information

RCIA—Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults

This program is designed for adults who wish to enter the Catholic Church for the first time or whoneed to complete the sacrament of confirmation. It is also a great way to refresh and boost yourfaith-- no matter how long you have been Catholic! You may also want to serve as a sponsor to oneof our incoming Catholics.

Sundays 8:00-10:30amFrom September 9 to Easter Vigil + 4 weeks

Location: Faith Formation Center Great Room

Contact: Don Conklin if you know of people or if you want to be a sponsor–[email protected]

St. Michael’s Charismatic Prayer Ministry

ADORATION AND INTECESSION VIGIL

Every 3rd Friday of the Month 8:00pm – 9:30pm

8:00 pm: Holy Rosary; 8:30pm Praise and Worship, Talk by a priest; 9:30pm Benediction

Organized by Anointing Fire Catholic Ministry

For more details contact Don Conklin at 214-563-0634 or email [email protected]


Advent - Parish Mission (2018)

Father Peter Marsalek- head of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity or-der (SOLT) will present

“God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father!’”

Every Christmas, we celebrate the birth of the Savior and the Word becoming flesh -For more info click Calendar here http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/popup.php?op=view&id=122469539&crd=stbrendancatholic

First Sunday of Advent , Dec. 2nd and Monday, the 3rd6:30- 8:30 PM both evenings

“God sent the spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying out, 'Abba, Father!’” (Gal 4:6)Description: Every Christmas, we celebrate the birth of the Savior and the Word be-coming flesh - God was made visible to us in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father. Incoming to know Jesus, we also come to recognize our calling and vocation to live asthe adopted children of the Father. In this mission, we will explore the meaning, sig-nificance and blessing of being incorporated into the family of God as His adoptedchildren.

Fr. Peter Marsalek is the General Priest Servant of the Society of Our Lady of theMost Holy Trinity (SOLT), and international Society of Apostolic Life, present intwelve countries around the world. Since his ordination to the priesthood in Januaryof 2005, Fr. Peter has served as: associate pastor of a parish in Rome, Italy; Directorof Religious Education for the Diocese of Corpus Christi; President of St. John Paul IIHigh School; rector of the SOLT House of Studies in Detroit; professor of dogmatictheology in seminary; and, general superior for the SOLT community.

Fr. Peter holds a doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical University of St.Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy, and a Masters of Science in Engineering degree fromQueen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Father Peter Marsalek


Polish Dinner

Polish Dinner for Forsyth County Special Olympics

The St. Brendan’s Polish Dinner is Saturday, November 10, 2018. This year part of the pro-ceeds raised for this event will be donated to the Forsyth County Special Olympics. This pro-gram aligns within the Life Segment of our Faith in Action program.

Raffle/Silent Auction Support Needed Now!

We need all brothers to finalize their commitments with their network of business and friends tocollect items for our raffle/silent auction or request cash/check donations from business associ-ates.

For donations of cash/checks, please have the organization make the check payable to:

Knights of Columbus #12942

C/o Jerry Frasso

4633 Shiloh Road

Cumming, GA 30040

Please specify on your check in the left corner (FC Special Olympics) and the entire check willbe added to the donation made by the Knights.

For the Raffle- we need “finished baskets” or items that will increase ticket sales. Raffle itemsare usually priced at $25 to $50 dollars.

For the Silent Auction – “Less is more” We are seeking only 10-15 items higher value itemsof $250 or more that are attractive for both our male and female patrons We need you to askyour business/friends for support, gather the donated service or item, and deliver them to ChrisBell (Raffle /Silent Auction Coordinator) by email at [email protected] or by phone 678-441-5189. The deadline for items is Monday, October 29th. Chris is requesting a few broth-ers to volunteer to help him with this important role in our Polish Dinner.

Past Success with this event has been due to our unified efforts.

Thank you in advance for your help with this event and support.

May God Bless,

Knights of Columbus - Humbly Serving Others

Council website = www.kofc12942.org

Vivat Jesu

Service Providers

Margeson High Pressure Cleaning andHome Repair Services Inc.

Serving Forsyth County and North Fulton County

Owner: Tim Margeson

Cell: 770-616-2829

Email: [email protected]

Note: All who wish to provide a business promotion ad are welcomed todo so. Please submit text, artwork, or business card to me by the 15thof each month for placement in the following month’s newsletter.


Knights of Columbus Social

Due To Thanksgiving

There Will NOT Be A Social In November

Please Watch For The December Newsletter

With Information On Our New Years Eve Gala

To Be Held On Friday, December 28, 2018

Come Enjoy!

DJ, Champagne Toast at 9:00 PM

Appetizers and Dinner

A Great Time!


Respect For Life Ministry

Baby Saved!

We don't always get to see the bountiful harvest our prayers and fasting are reaping...but during most of our40-day public prayer vigils we do at least once!!

This was the case on Friday, Oct. 12th, while prayer volunteers from St. Brigid's and Holy Cross CatholicChurches were keeping vigil, backed up by the many others who are praying and fasting from home! This storyis based on the testimony of Cathy Schneider, a "sidewalk counselor" and Respect Life Coordinator at St. Bri-gid's.

When Kenny and Jasmine, who is 6-7 weeks pregnant, came to Feminist Womens Health Center ("FEMS") onFriday morning, Oct. 12th, they encountered the loving presence of Jesus reaching out to them through Cathyand the prayer vigil volunteers.

Cathy was able to get Kenny to come talk with her, at which time he explained that they have a 7 month oldand it would be hard financially to have another baby so soon. "He just said it was bad timing and they thoughtthey would abort this baby and try again in a year and the kids could be more spread apart," Cathy shared. Healso told Cathy that he didn't want the abortion, but Jasmine did.

The Holy Spirit gave Cathy these points to share with Kenny and lovingly encourage him to go in the clinic andget them out:

It's so important that he tell Jasmine that 1) He does not want the abortion, 2) He will stand by her and bethere, 3) They can do this together.

It is really not in a mom's DNA to want to kill her child; she is probably scared. Statistics show that 85% of women say they felt they had no choice and felt pressured to abort. Couples who go through an abortion together statistically do not make it. It is hard to stay together when

they have this deep wound between them. The physical, emotional and spiritual side effects of abortion on women, including miscarriage. How wonderful it is to have babies close together because they are usually great friends and can grow up

together and play together.

This next part needs to be verbatim in Cathy's own words:

"I asked him what he would do if I came to his house and was going to hurt his 7 month old baby. Of course hesaid he would stop me. I showed him the tiny rubber baby I had in my hand and said this is about the size ofyour baby now and it is just in the womb, not born yet. I said, 'Can you please go protect that baby. That baby isprecious and needs protecting too.'

I told him I have asked many men to be a hero and go get their girlfriends out of this clinic and a lot of themdon't do it. I told him I thought he would do it. I knew he was brave enough and loved her. I offered and He tookall the information I had in my hand and the tiny baby...

He asked me if he could have my 'beads' (my rosary) and I said yes of course! I pressed the rosary in his handsand said, 'Now go get her - we are all praying for you and we know you will be courageous...now go get her outof there and let me treat you to breakfast!”

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Respect For Life Ministry (Continued)

Baby Saved!

Kenny went inside FEMS and Cathy went over to the prayer vigil volunteers to ask them all to pray for Kenny and Jas-mine.

And then, in Cathy's words....

"...he returned a short time later with his arm around her walking out of the clinic!!! I started jumping up and downand pumping my fist in the air saying, 'Yes!' over and over again! I was praising God, 'Thank you, Lord, thank you,Lord!', and the prayer warriors all started clapping. Jasmine put her hand over her mouth and was crying. They cameand gave me a big hug!!! They were BEAMING!!!"

Cathy then took them to breakfast at Chick-fil-A where she learned more about their life and current circumstances:

"They are engaged. They are both working. They live in Lithonia. The whole time she just kept sighing and saying shewas so happy. He had his arm around her when they were talking to me and she leaned her head in on him. PraiseGod this man was a warrior for his child and stood up and got her out of there and stood by her. She really did notwant to do it. She was so relieved.

She said they were going to go tell her parents. ... I asked her if she would have told her mom about the abortion. Sheadamantly said NO, and I said, 'Well your mom wants those grandbabies - you will see, she will be so happy for you.'That's when she mentioned her mom was a nurse at Emory and would not have liked the abortion idea.

Kenny said his dad was not around at all when he was growing up and he was making things different for his kids. Ithanked him for standing by her and being a dad to his children - that we needed more men to do this.

They were just very happy and so relieved. They were smiling so big."

Please keep this sweet family in your prayers, and stay tuned for our baby shower announcement for them!!


November 2018

Major Event

Polish Dinner


December 2018

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